If you feel pity for an adversary you're only giving them an infiltration route into your soul. It's not a good move.
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too many adversaries are simply outgroupers. not listening to/empathizing with the outgroup has its own problems.
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Circle jerk is an insult an ingroup tells about the outgroup, defection is solely an ingroup problem, and witch-hunts ...
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circlejerk makes one ignore valuable input. defection as per prisoner's dilemma can happen between any two parties
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think war (defection) vs peaceful coexistence (cooperation) or even dissolution of borders (merger between the two parties)
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Ok, but then the ingroup and outgroup become one larger ingroup, which can certainly be beneficial to both...
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Paying attention is better than listening to verified foes in regards to important information.